When a family or kingdom accumulates its strength to its limits, she will either wage war and expand her territory, or she will experience internal conflicts, with knightly nobility, population, wealth, and even advanced technology flowing out to other kingdoms.

This situation is particularly acute in the United Kingdom.

The Borui people have established the kingdom for more than 700 years, and all the land that can be developed has been developed, and the potential that can be tapped has also been tapped. The Five Great Families occupy five of the Seven Connected Islands, and the remaining two islands are nominally Kingdom commons under the jurisdiction of the Senate, but in fact are still controlled by the Five Great Families.

The new families of the United Kingdom were squeezed into the north bank of the Great River Bay, and the fertile river beach land was carved up hundreds of years ago, and if it was extended further to the periphery, it would be a half-worthless demon grass sea. The family who carved out the land was no different from the exiles.

On the other hand, the history of the Seuss Kingdom is only more than 900 years, and the Souss lords have worked tirelessly to open up the northern twilight forest, and the kingdom's territory has expanded by more than half. The Seuss are still expanding the north, and many of the pioneers were once the children of the nobles of the Borui Kingdom.

Through marriage, the Kingdom of Souss has been drawing fresh blood from the United Kingdom of Borui. It has become common for the noble children of families on the north shore of the Great River Bay to go to Seuss to show their ambitions. And aren't the knight children of the North Shore family all the bloodlines of the five ruling families?

Not a vassal of a vassal - this rather ironic phrase sums up the relationship between Borui and Seuss.

The Great Lords of Borui are desperate to change the status quo of the kingdom's overflowing barrels, and crossing the river to the south is their only option. Ninety years after the failure of the first Southern Extension, His Royal Highness Andre of the Kingdom of Borui attempted to marry the eldest princess of Gombis, and although his purpose was to guide the two countries to form an alliance and jointly explore the Southern Continent, the entry of a golden knight into other families is enough to illustrate the mentality of the Grand Lord of Borui.

Today, almost all kingdoms have a pioneering direction and have an executable development plan. However, the pioneering strategy of the Borui Kingdom could not be carried out, because their negotiations with Gambis were slow to progress.

This time, the church lit a beacon of red smoke and nominally called on the lords of the kingdoms to fight against the centaur invaders, but the outcome of the war foresaw a major breakthrough in the strategy of the northern expansion.

This seriously irritates the sensitive nerves of the Borui people.

Grand Duke Peter felt pressure from within the kingdom, and he passed it on directly to Victor.

However, how much of a role can the Borui people play in giving the little princess of the Seuss Kingdom as a gift to the Earl of Golden-Eye?

This question depends on how to interpret it, for Victor, the hegemony of Lake Fes must not be given up, not to mention a Princess Celine, even if Queen Seuss comes, it is useless. Still, if anything good runs into Sylvia's pocket, don't think of her taking it out.

Celine is Sylvia's niece and has a rare purple-eyed bloodline. The offspring of the purple-eyed lady and the sun elf is worth everyone's expectation. The Kite Castle already has the Marquess Sophia Wimbledon, and Celine York in the Centaur Hills is even more satisfying for Sylvia.

Perhaps, it was precisely when Duke Peter saw this that he chose the daughter of Duke Medin and Queen Seuss.

It is unknown whether Celine will be able to knock on the door of the elemental sea and become a half-golden female knight of the Angry Waves, but with her purple-eyed bloodline, she will definitely be able to squeeze into the inner circle of the centaur hills and exert her influence. Moreover, Celine was not fostered in the York family since she was a child, she has nostalgia for the Seuss Kingdom, will take into account the interests of the Seuss Kingdom, and can give full play to the role of political marriage. Borui and Seuss have been in-laws for generations, and if there is a princess Celine in Gombis, then the high lord of Gombis can invite Borui scholars and generals to help train the family's navy.

This is undoubtedly the beginning of the construction of a new pattern of southern expansion by Borui, Seuss and Gombis.

In the short term, Celine's entry into the House of York was the result of Duke Peter's efforts, and he sent a clear political signal to the Lords of Boray:

We have made substantial progress in our plan to work with Cambis on the southern expansion.

This will help Lord Borui stabilize people's hearts, increase the cohesion of the kingdom's nobles, and prevent the knights' children who are guarding the defense line of the Dusk Forest from completely falling into the arms of the Seuss Kingdom.

Doing nothing is the worst.

Archduke Peter's move may seem small, but it can soothe the anxiety of the Borui nobles. But Victor was very depressed, although Peter apologized and matched Victor and Princess Celine, it couldn't change the fact that he forced His Royal Highness Randall.

Victor's political influence in the Kingdom of Gombis is growing day by day, and no one opposes the strategy he formulated for Lake Fez, but his diplomatic experience is still too insufficient, and he did not expect that the Golden Knight would also roll up his sleeves and turn the table in front of him.

If you think about it carefully, in order to realize the desire of the Borui Kingdom to cross the river and expand to the south, the golden knight Andre is willing to join the August family. Duke Peter didn't care about His Highness's face, and it didn't seem surprising that he went into battle shirtless.

Victor went down to the first floor, followed the smell, and walked into the kitchen, where he saw Caligula standing in front of the stove in his husband's apron, busily flipping over dozens of barbecue racks and sprinkling various spices on the kebabs. The jerboa meat with skin is grilled until golden brown, and the grease drips down the grill on the charcoal fire, rattling and rising a little smoke, filling the kitchen with an enticing burnt aroma.

This scene evokes memories of Victor from another world, when he was alone at the bottom of the social ladder, and in a good mood or not, he was looking for two or three friends to have skewers and beer.

Victor was suddenly in the mood to drink and skewer, sat down casually, patted the greasy table, and beckoned to Nelson beside him, "Go get a good barrel of mulberry ale, we will drink here and eat meat." ”

Nelson is not a drinker but loves to drink, but Victor forbids his subordinates to drink heavily, so he doesn't dare to drink now. Nelson was surprised and delighted when his master pulled him to drink, and hurried outside to find the samulberry wine that his master had indicated.

Moments later, Nelson returned to the kitchen with a small keg in one hand, and two large trays full of vegetables and fruit on top of it. With a flick of his arm, the fruit and vegetable platter landed firmly on the table, and he unscrewed the seal of a wine barrel, and the wine line flew into the oak glass in front of Victor.

Mulberry ale wine is made from green barley, which is light green and rich in nutrients, with a hint of wheat mixed with the aroma. Its taste is completely different from that of beer on earth, closer to the intensity of shochu, and the taste is actually very bad, and it is spicy and bitter in the mouth. However, as long as it is alcohol, you will feel enjoyable when you get used to drinking it.

Victor could use the X-3 to adjust his palate and bring out the bitter wine, but this time he let the bitterness of the ale roll on his taste buds, frowning and draining the whole glass of wine, wiping the corners of his mouth with his sleeve, and exclaiming, "Acre, is the barbecue ready, get a few skewers to taste." ”

Caligula immediately brought over 20 skewers of roasted jerboa, two on each skewer. He wanted to cut the roast jerboa and put it on a plate, but Victor stopped it.

"That's what makes it fun. ”

Taking a bite of the barbecue directly with the skewers, Victor only felt that it was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the taste was excellent, so he couldn't help but give a thumbs up and praise: "Aka, your barbecue skills are even better than the chefs of Silvermoon Manor!"

Caligula smiled innocently and worked harder to return to the stove to roast the meat.

Nothing makes Acre happier than a compliment from a host.

The master drank so heroically, Nelson did not care about any aristocratic etiquette, the cow drank a large glass of ale, ate two roasted jerboas in five bites, reached out to the second skewer, and said, "My lord, you are a little different today. ”

"What's the difference?" asked Victor, busy with the skewers, without looking up.

Nelson scratched his head, picked up his glass and said, "I can't tell, it's different from before anyway." ”

Victor and Nelson had a toast and smiled, "I suddenly figured out something. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Hmm...... I can't tell you clearly, drink wine and eat meat. ”

"Oh. ”

Nelson killed three more skewers, drank four glasses of ale, looked at Caligula, who was busy, withdrew his gaze, smiled curiously on his face, and said, "My lord, Aka definitely can't understand, I may be able to understand." ”

Nelson was also a lord nobleman, and after the war, Victor was ready to canonize him as a baron. It was rare for Nelson to show his curiosity about politics, and Victor decided to instruct him, "Just now, Duke Peter and I were talking, you have been listening, have you heard anything famous?"

"Duke Peter's son seems to have sent someone to assassinate him, and he came to apologize to him, pay a large sum of money, and propose to him on behalf of Princess Celine of Seuss. ”

"......By the way, my lord, did the assassin sent by Duke Peter's son assassinate him? I think that if there really is an assassin plotting to kill him, it would be better to kill Raymond, lest he want to harm him in the future. Nelson bared his teeth.

Victor glanced at him, and said, "Of course you want to kill the saber-toothed tiger if it wants to eat you, and if the rat wants to kill you, will you kill the rat too?" Raymond Peter is not worthy of me to deal with him, and Duke Peter does not compare his eldest son with me. Moreover, Raymond Peter has been compensated by the Peter family to the Kingdom of Seuss, and I really want to hold him responsible, and that is to find the Duke of Medidin of the Kingdom of Seuss. So, the Duke of Medin and the royal family of Seuss paid Princess Celine to the Centaur Hills to appease my anger...... Celine was originally Raymond Peter's fiancée, is that a humiliating punishment?"

Nelson was a little confused, and said, "It seems to be ...... Seuss used a princess to compensate the Greatness for the Peter family of Bory, this ......"

"It's bloodline, and there is no more sincere compensation than the noble knight's bloodline. ”

Victor shook his head and smiled: "The lover chosen by Queen Seuss was killed, and it must have something to do with the great nobles of Seuss. They did not allow the Eleano family to start another bloodline of Tempest Knights. Eleano learned his lesson and chose to compromise. The most powerful of the Medin family of Seuss can covet Raymond's Tempest Knight bloodline. He was willing to sacrifice a daughter for this. Because he believed that Raymond's attack on the Twilight Forest was planned by us Gambis. ”

Nelson snorted, "That'...... Archduke Peter doesn't need to compensate your lords. ”

"He really didn't compensate me, he came to tell me that if I didn't take him to the Southern Continent to play, he would find someone else to play. ”

Victor smiled and said, "Grand Duke Peter made me figure out one thing, the behavior of the great lord and ordinary people is actually no different. Every day I live will not blink an eye more than that of the homeless, and the time of the homeless person will not be less than that of me every day. ”

"Isn't that all like that?" said Nelson, confused.

"It's as simple as that...... Power and power have corrupted my mind, and I have unconsciously regarded myself as a god, and my perspective has become high, but in fact I am still alone. Victor nodded and said with emotion: "I tell everyone, we shouldn't talk about cooperation with the Borui people now." I kept the nobles of Cambis in contact with the Bore, stalling for time until our fleet was formed and we were able to take full control of the waters of Lake Fez. However, how dare the lower nobles oppose the will of the guardians of the kingdom, whenever the nobles of Borui talk to them about cooperation, they either keep silent or hum haha...... Communication between the Borui and Gambis was delayed, and Archduke Peter had to run over and flip the table with me. ”

"The right thing to do is not to express an opinion, whatever the people below say, when it comes to the satisfaction of both parties, I will nod again. ”

"My lord, I think ...... It's complicated. Nelson dropped his sign, and he ate eight skewers in a row without delay.

Victor took a sip of wine, ate a bite of barbecue, and said vaguely: "In short, after this war is over, I will accompany my wife and daughter more, go fishing and hunting if I have nothing to do, study the secret method of spiritual blood, and leave all kinds of affairs to the people below to do, easily do not express my position, and enjoy the life of the nobles." ”

"My lord is talking about the life I've always dreamed of. Nelson laughed and said, "Actually, it's not bad to fight." ”

Victor suddenly stood up and said, "Okay, don't eat, eat again...... Aka was about to cry. ”

Nelson looked back in amazement and was on the verge of crying when he saw Caligula looking at the skewer in his hand with tears in his eyes.

Nothing made Acre happier than the owner's compliment, and if there was, it was that the host didn't leave a delicious barbecue for Acre.

Victor pointed at the embarrassed Nelson and shouted, "Boss Aka, come and count the signs to settle the bill, and ask this guy for money." ”

With that, he put his hands behind his back and anointed the soles of his feet, leaving Nelson, who was dumbfounded and overwhelmed, and Caligula, who gritted his teeth and wiped his tears.

The kitchen resounded with the sound of two fierce warriors, and Victor, who was in a good mood, returned to his bedroom and slept soundly.

Early the next morning, Tystiel sent someone to inform Victor that he was going to the northern wilderness to behead the goblin lord.

Victor and his men came to the assembly place in front of the church, and when they saw Pope Clement wearing leather armor and carrying a mace and shield, he couldn't help but be surprised, and stepped forward and asked: "Your Majesty, are you going with us?"

Clement smiled and said, "Yes." ”

Victor looked at Testil, then at Turnans and Dimat, and when he saw that they didn't say anything, he said euphemistically: "Your Majesty, this is too dangerous, it is better for you to sit in the Boulder Fortress." ”

Clement himself is also a beginner knight, and if he takes the golden potion, he can resonate with 24 elemental levels and reach the level of a senior knight. But his status is noble, and his every move is noticed, and he uses potions to improve his strength, and he will definitely not hide from the eyes of the Golden Knight.

Victor could tell that Clement hadn't taken the Golden Elixir. A legendary priest with only the physical fitness of a beginner knight is very reluctant to talk about self-protection in front of the manticore, let alone maneuver quickly and hide himself. Although the legendary priest's magical power is of great help to Victor and the others, if he is exposed early, he will not only be in danger himself, but will also cause trouble for the team.

"Are you afraid that I'll hold everyone back?"

Clement smiled gently, "The Goblin Lord won't have just a manticore by his side, it has an orc legion. The operation to behead the goblin lord must only succeed, not fail. I should be there for you when you need me. Don't worry, I'll stay away. ”

Victor sincerely persuaded: "Your Majesty, all the legendary combat forces in the Eastern Pioneer Territory will go and kill the Goblin Lord. I've always been worried that the centaur's 'Earth Mother's darling' would be a huge danger, and you'd better stay in the Boulder Fortress war zone just in case. ”

"Neowest will deal with the leader of the centaurs, and Kent and Friedus are also legendary priests. With the three of them here, even if the centaur leader is a legendary-level centaur, there is nothing to worry about. Moreover, the other Golden Paladins of the Radiant Knights all have Legendary-level combat power. Clement paused, and Masasei said, "The sooner we eliminate the threat of the Goblin Lord, the sooner the Highness of the Boulder Fortress and the Eastern Pioneer Lords will be able to converge." As long as the centaur army is dismantled, the legendary centaur is not a problem. ”

The Pope's gaze turned to the eight alchemy soldiers, and then asked with a smile, "You don't think that I, a legendary priest, are weaker than the arcane guardians cultivated in the Kite Castle?"

Alchemy soldiers only have a lifespan of eight years, which is used exclusively for consumption, can their role be compared to that of legendary priests?

Victor was about to say something more, when a mellow, hoarse voice came from inside the church door.

"It is the grace of the Lord and our pleasure that the servants of the Most High should incarnate the light to sweep away all darkness. ”

A man of medium stature walked out of the church, barefoot, bald and without eyebrows, a copy of Tournans, but his eyes were covered with a white-gold sheen, his dark skin had white gold runes that looked like tattoos, his hands were as long as the fingers except his thumbs, and his palms were smooth without a trace of palm prints. He stood there with an inhuman aura.

Turnans lowered his head at this time, honestly not good.

Victor narrowed his dark golden eyes slightly, and said word by word: "Light, light, war, god?"